Key to notes:
1 indicates copy of article in IIASA Population Project Yucatan file 2 indicates journal or book available at IIASA library
3 indicates reference was not available through IIASA library
Water Resources
Back, W. 1983. Degradation of groundwater resources caused by inadvertent land misuse. Pages 181- 188 in Relation of Groundwater Quantity and Quality (Proceedings of the Hamburg Symposium, August, 1983).
Discussion of three cases, including the Yucatan, where land use practices have severely damaged groundwater resources in karst areas.
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Back, W. and B.B. Hanshaw. 1970. Comparison of the chemical hydrogeology of the carbonate peninsulas of Florida and Yucatan. Journal of Hydrology 10:330-368.
Concentrates on groundwater chemistry, but also includes a description of the geology, climate, and groundwater flow system in the northern Yucatan.
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Back, W. and J.M. Lesser. 1981. Chemical constraints of groundwater management in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of Hydrology 5 1 : 1 19- 130.
Summary of hydrogeologic environment in the Yucatan peninsula, including a discussion of how that environment has affected both water supply and wastewater disposal in the region. Includes a summary of the historical development of water management in the Yucatan.
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Back, W., B.B. Hanshaw, and J.N. Van Driel. 1982. Role of groundwater in shaping the eastern coastline of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Pages 281-293 in R.G. LaFleur, ed. Groundwater as a Geomorphic Agent. Proceedings of Binghamton Symposia in Geomorphology: International Series 13.
Troy, NY, September 1982. Boston: Allen & Unwin, Inc.
Discussion of the development of the coastal landscape in the eastern Yucatan, including the physical and chemical interactions between fresh groundwater and seawater.
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Cullen IV, J.J. and R.G. LaFleur. 1982. Theoretical considerations on simulation of karstic aquifers.
Pages 249-280 in R.G. LaFleur, ed. Groundwater as a Geomorphic Agent. Proceedings of Binghamton Symposia in Geomorphology: International Series 13. Troy, NY, September 1982. Boston: Allen &
Unwin, Inc.
Discussion of the issues involved in nzodelling groundwater flow through karst aquifers which may contain solution channels and fractures that provide conduits for groundwater flow.
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Dahlin, B.H. 1983. Climate and prehistory on the Yucatan Peninsula. Climatic Change 5:245-263.
Presents evidence that a prolonged drought may have forced the abandonment of Mayan cities in the northern Yucatan during the late Preclassic period (250-500 A.D.), challenging the notion that climate in the Yucatan has been stable and similar to modern climate.
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Doehring, D.O. and J.H. Butler. 1974. Hydrogeologic constraints on Yucatan's development. Science 186(4164):591-595.
Discussion of two problems threatening water quality in Yucatan aquifers: contamination with human and animal waste and saline water intrusion due to overpumping.
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Fok, Y.S., E.T. Murabayashi, and R. Fong. 1979. Rainwater roof catchment cistern system for residential water supply. Pages 17 12-1 7 17 in Proceedings of the Third World Congress on Water Resources (Vol. IV), Mexico City, 1979. International Water Resources Association.
Brief discussion of rainwater catchment in the Hawaiian islands.
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Gardufio, H. 1985. Interregional water transfers in Mexico. Pages 119-134 in G.N. Golubev and A.K.
Biswas, eds. Lurge Scale Water Transfers: Emerging Environmental and Social Experiences. Oxford:
Tycooly Publishing.
Presents national and regional water balances for Mexico, including tabulation of water withdrawals and consumption by regions within Mexico, one of which is the Yucatan Peninsula.
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Gleick, P.H. 1993. Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Freshwater Resources. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
A huge compilation of water related statistics, including some information on water use in Mexico as a whole (no sub-national data).
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Gleick, P.H. 1992. Effects of climate change on shared freshwater resources. Pages 127-140 in I.M.
Mintzer, ed. Confronting Climate Change: Risks, Implications, and Responses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Contains discussion of diflerent ways to measure shortages and scarcity of water with examples from dijferent countries.
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Gold-Bouchot, G., T. Silva-Herrera, and 0 . Zapata-Perez. 1993. Chlorinated pesticides in the Rio Palizada, Campeche, Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(11):648-650.
Presents evidence of several studies of pesticides in sediments and shelljish in riversflowing into Luguna de Terminos, Campeche, and the lagoon itsel$
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LeGrand, H.E. 1983. Perspective on karst hydrology. Journal of Hydrology 61 : 343-355.
General background on karst (limestone) hydrogeologic environments, the dominant type of hydrogeologic setting found in the Yucatan.
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LeGrand, H.E. 1973. Hydrological and ecological problems of karst regions. Science 179(4076):859- 864.
General discussion of the water and wastewater related problems created by karst environments.
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Lesser, J.M. 1976. Estudio geohidrologico e hidrogeoqumico de la Peninsula de Yucatan (Hydrogeologic and Hydrogeochemical Study of the Yucatan Peninsula). Secr. Recurs. Hidraul., Mexico City, 62 pp.
Cited in Back and Lesser (above); according to those authors, this publication contains a water budget for the Yucatan Peninsula and maps of the water table and flow patterns in the region.
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Lesser, J.M. and A.E. Weidie. 1988. Region 25, Yucatan Peninsula. Pages 237-241 in W. Back, J.S.
Rosensheim, and P.R Seaber, eds. The Geology of North America, Vol. 0-2, Hydrogeology. Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America.
Description of the geology and hydrogeology of the Yucatan, including how regions within the peninsula vary.
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Martinez, J.A. 1981. The role of the Mexican state and federal governments in the promotion and coordination of wastewater renovation and reuse. Pages 1-1 1 in Municipal Wastewater in Agriculture.
New York: Academic Press.
Review of the use and administration of wastewater reclamation in Mexico.
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Olaiz, A. 1981. Restructuration of the water tariff system for irrigation districts in Mexico. Journal of Hydrology 5 1 :29-40.
Discussion of fee structure for irrigation water contains some information about water use in Mexico.
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Probstein, R.F. and J.M. Alvarez. 1976. The role of desalting and brackish water resources in the arid regions of the Americas. Interciencia l(1): 17-25.
Generalized review of the technologies and potential regions in the Americas for application for brackish water desalination.
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Rivera, A., E. Ledoux, and S. Sauvagnac. 1990. A compatible single phasettwo phase numerical model:
2. Application to a coastal aquifer in Mexico. Ground Water 28(2):215-223.
Presents the application of a numerical computer model to simulate the effects of different pumping schemes on a coastal aquifer in Veracruz, Mexico (not in the Yucatan Peninsula). The model can help identify potential problems with salt water intrusion caused by excessive pumping.
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Sancho y Cervera, J. and D. Perez-Gavilan. 1981. A perspective study of droughts in Mexico. Journal of Hydrology 51:41-55.
Presents historical and statistical analyses of droughts in Mexico as a whole.
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Siller, O.P. 1985. Mexico: Water desalination experiences. Pages 425-429 in Proceedings of Seminar on Non-Conventional Water Resource Use in Developing Countries. Curacao.
Review of the extent of utilization of desalination in Mexico up to 1985, including the technologies employed and the uses for water obtained from the process.
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Southworth, C.S. 1984. Structural and hydrogeologic applications of remote sensing data, eastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. In Proceedings of the First Multidisciplinaly Conference on Sinkholes, Orlando, Florida, October 15-17, 1984.
Interpretations of geologic features and hydrogeology in the eastern Yucatan around Cancun from remotely sensed images, including a brief discussion of the relation of cenotes to structural
geology.
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Wilson, E.M. and A. Williams, Jr. 1987. A coastal ecosystem in northwestern Yucatan. Pages 82-86 in Proceedings, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Vol. 13.
Discussion of the anomalously dly microclimate along the northwestern Yucatan coast.
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World Resources Institute (WRI). 1994. World Resources 1994-95. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
World Resources Institute (WRI). 1992. World Resources 1992-93. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Collections of various types of information about world resources, including water; contains some information about water use in Mexico at the national level (no sub-national data).
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Deforestation and Land Use
Dirzo, R. and M.C. Garcia. 1992. Rates of deforestation in Los Tuxtlas, a neotropical area in southeast Mexico. Conservation Biology 6(1):84-90.
Discusses rates of deforestation in the state of Veracruz, with some information on rates of deforestation for Mexico in general.
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Edwards, C.R. 1986. The human impact on the forest in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of Forest History, July.
Historical review of the relationship between the forest and human population in Quintana Roo, including a discussion of modern day practices and impacts such as large scale forest clearing for agriculture and ranching.
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Estrada-Loera, E. 1991. Phytogeographic relationships of the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography 18:687-697.
Mainly a discussion of the jlora of the Yucatan, but contains a short discussion (with jkrther references to Mexican documents written in Spanish) regarding the natural boundaries of the Yucatan Peninsula, both in terms of geology and animal communities.
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Remmers, G.G.A. and H. De Koeijer. 1992. The T'OLCHE', a Maya system of communally managed forest belts: The causes and consequences of its disappearance. Agroforestry Systems 18:149-177.
Discussion of traditional land use practices in the Yucatan, especially as regards the maintenance of forest shelterbelts between cultivated fields.
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Institutional and Legal Framework
Bororquez-Tapia, L.A. and E. Ongay-Delhumeau. 1992. International lending and resource development in Mexico: Can environmental quality be assured? Ecological Economics 5(3):197-211.
In discussing the barriers to effective implementation of environmental impact assessment in Mexico, this article throws light on the problems involved in policy implementation in Mexico, including overlapping jurisdictions and mandates and lack of budget and personnel.
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Gardufio, H., E. Mestre, and F. Tapia. 1978. Large scale transfers within master water planning in Mexico. Water Supply and Management 2(2): 103-1 15.
Discussion of water resources of Mexico on a national scale and the 1975 version of the Mexican National Water Plan which identified 10 activities or sectors that use water in Mexico.
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Gonzalez-Villareal, F.J. 1973. Mexican National Water Plan: Organization and preliminary assessment.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(5): 1008-1016.
Discusses the organization and content of the 1975 National Water Plan and mentions that studies of water use in various sectors will be undertaken to provide information for estimating future water demand. Contains brief overview of overall Mexican water use in 1970. No
references for further information given, however.
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Gonzalez-Villareal, F.J. and H. Garduiio. 1994. Water resources planning and management in Mexico.
Water Resources Development 10(3):239-255.
Describes the National Water Commission (CNA for Comision Nacional de Aguas) and Mexico's new water policies to increase eficiency, reduce pollution, and increase service coverage.
Includes an overview of water use in Mexico.
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Oyarzabal, F. 1982. Comentarios a las Leyes e Instituciones Que Reglamentan Las Agua Superficiales de Mexico. (Commentary on the laws and institutions that regulate surface water in Mexico). Natural Resources Journal 22 (October):999-1005.
In Spanish with summary in English. Brief summary of Mexican water law, although somewhat dated.
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Del Rio, S.B. 1988. A survey of the air and water quality laws of Mexico. Natural Resources Journal 28 (Fall).
Review of environmental laws up to 1988, including a discussion of the implementing agencies and problems with implementation and enforcement.
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